Making Cards - Ideas for a card craft beginner (Part 3)

Lyndach

Lady's I need some quick advice (laptop's dying!) I'm hoping someone will know what I am on about. I saw a machine thing that cut's/score's and you can lift the blade to score or cut in the middle of the card. I think I saw it on here but I don't know lol Can anyone help and assure me I'm not imagining it?!

nannyboo1

flourgirl wrote: »

Hi Lou, I buy lots of card from the Paper mill, its about 35miles from where I live but I only go a couple of times a year and get stocked up. .

Can you let me know where that is as I know you are not far from me

thanks

nannyboo1

Myzdamena wrote: »

BTW I did go to crafty place but there never seems to be anyone there so please forgive me if I come here and post and it seems really disjointed as I haven't read anything in the past few pages .... it's my nightmare that someone will share really bad news or something and I'll turn up and bounce all over the forum or something and you'll all hate me after that.....please don't hate me you're the only people who listen to me lol

So sorry in advance for seeming really out of touch- I'm trying to read loads but sometimes the monitor makes my eyes hurt after only a short time

xxxxx mmmmmwah xxxxx

You are not alone.

I don't get on here as often as I would like to and have come on today for the first time since Christmas. I am reading posts that don't make any sense as they are answers to answers but no way can I get caught up

xxxx

nannyboo1

flourgirl wrote: »

Tomsmum I didn't know they did PINK ones!! Boo Hoo.... mines grotty green too

I want one but not a pink one - don't like pink lol

helping_hubby

I've just used my eyelet setter for the first time and it's not going well. Firstly I think I've figured out that I don't have a setter attachment small enough for my tiny eyelets. And when I used my bigger eyelets I've still managed to smash them to pieces. Also managed to hammer en eyelet into my mat! oops.

Are crop a dile big bites worth the money? Seen one for £32 inc postage. Reviews on QVC seem to be a love em or hate em. But do the people who hate them use them incorrectly?

jazabelle

I just made my first two cards! I quite like one, the other is alright - but I coloured a stamp picture in, and I think I picked the wrong colours for a bit of it.

I'm really struggling with getting things in the middle, for example the happy birthday sticker is really wonky. I'm useless doing things by eye - and I was trying to measure, but it still didn't come out right!

nannyboo1

Lyndach wrote: »

Lady's I need some quick advice (laptop's dying!) I'm hoping someone will know what I am on about. I saw a machine thing that cut's/score's and you can lift the blade to score or cut in the middle of the card. I think I saw it on here but I don't know lol Can anyone help and assure me I'm not imagining it?!

Would it have been the Xyron Creatopia machine that they have been showing on create and craft

RustyFlange

helping_hubby wrote: »

I've just used my eyelet setter for the first time and it's not going well. Firstly I think I've figured out that I don't have a setter attachment small enough for my tiny eyelets. And when I used my bigger eyelets I've still managed to smash them to pieces. Also managed to hammer en eyelet into my mat! oops.

Are crop a dile big bites worth the money? Seen one for £32 inc postage. Reviews on QVC seem to be a love em or hate em. But do the people who hate them use them incorrectly?

I absolutely love my big bite and wouldn't be without it!! ... so easy to use aswell!

RustyFlange

jazabelle wrote: »

I just made my first two cards! I quite like one, the other is alright - but I coloured a stamp picture in, and I think I picked the wrong colours for a bit of it.

I'm really struggling with getting things in the middle, for example the happy birthday sticker is really wonky. I'm useless doing things by eye - and I was trying to measure, but it still didn't come out right!

I am sure it looks fine!! ... Take a picture and blog it or post it on here ... then make another, in time you will notice your cards change. you should have seen some of my first efforts they were really really bad!!

helping_hubby

can anyone vouch for exquisite crafts? The crop a dile is £27.58 free postage.
http://www.exquisitecrafts.co.uk/catalog/memory-keepers-cropadile-bite-p-4770.html